Drain-tile protector



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A. L. SHOULTS.

DRAIN TILE PROTECTOR. No. 344,141. Patented June 22 1886.

ATTORNEYS.

drain;

STATES ALEXANDER LYTLE SHOULTS, OF BLOOMINGBURG, OHIO.

DRAlN-TILE PROTECTOR.

SEPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 344,141, dated June22, 1896.

Application filed February 27, 1886. Serial No. 103,481. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER LYTLE SHoUL'rs, of Bloomingburg, in thecounty of Fayette and State of Ohio, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Drain-Tile Protectors, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming apart thereof, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improveddrain-tile protectoashowing its position in the Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in bothfigures of the drawings.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and efficient devicefor application to a drain tile and pipes, for preventing the entranceof animals, and which may be readily applied to or removed fromdrain-tiles of different diameters.

My invention consists in a series of springarlns provided withright-angled ends adapted to enter into the joints of a drain tile orpipe, and supporting in the center of the pipe a number of divergentpointed wires or spears whose points lie in the direction of the openend of the pipe.

In carrying out my invention I do not limit or con fine myself to anyparticular number of spring-arms or spear-points, nor to any spe cialmethod of securing the arms and the points together. Four spring-arms,A, preferably made of galvanized iron wire and provided with pointeddiverging ends a, are secured together and to a central and tointermediate pointed wires, a a, by a ball of solder or other soft metalapplied to the adjacent wires by the process of soldering or casting.The extremities of the arms A are bent outward to form the fingers c,which are received in the joint between the adjoining ends of the draintile, thus supporting the divergent points a a a in the center of thedrain.

The several wires of which the protector is formed may be securedtogether by twisting or clamping or in any other convenient andeffective way.

The application of my improved protector to a drain does not interferewith the free discharge from the drain, but it effectually prevents thesmaller animals from entering the drain by presenting a series of sharppoints protecting the entire area of the drain.

The protector is applied to the drain by compressing the arms Asufficiently to permit of'introducing the fingers 0 into the mouth ofthe tile, when the protector is pushed along until the fingers enter thejoint between the adjacentends of the tile-section. In this manner thepoints of the wires or spears are held centrally in the tile and cannotbe readily displaced.

In protectors of larger sizes than that represented in the drawingsagreater number of points, a a, 820., will be employed, and the 6 size ofthe wire used in making the protector may be proportionate to thediameter of the drain or pipe to be protected.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. As an improved article of manufacture,

a draintile protector formed of a series of spring-arms, A, havingangled ends 0, and a series of diverging wire points or spears, a a a,secured to each other and to the springarms A by a cast or solderedjoint, substan tially as herein shown and described.

2. A drain tile protector formed of the arms A, having angled ends a,and provided with the points a, pointed wires a a, and means forsecuring the several parts of the protector together, substantially asherein shown and described.

ALEXANDER LYTLE SHOULTS.

WVitnesses:

MARTIN W. MORRIS, H. H. SANDERsoN.

